Cleaning and polishing implement



Aug. 17 1926. 1,596,663

S. H. KIRSCH CLEANING AND POLISHING IMPLEMENT File p 4. 92 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTZOR. A ZJOUZQ EYE-r5077 .A TTORNEYS.

. 1 ,596,663 s. H. KIRSCH CLEANING AND POLISHING IMPLEMENT Aug. 17 1926.

Filed Sept. 4, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JZVVE'NTOR I JITTORNEYJT 6217077 z e, ff. Kine BY Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

UNITED; STATES 1,596,663 PATENT OFFICE.

srnonrn H. KIRSGH, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CL ANIN its POLISHING IMPLEMENT,

Application filed September 4, 1924. Serial No. 735,963.

This invention relates to cleaning and polishing implements adapted more especially for cleaning flat surfaces such as those of windows, mirrors or the like, Without the use of water. tion is to provide a body of resilient material having pores like a sponge, for'examplef the pores being chargedwith drypolishing powder, the resilient body being mounted in a suitable holder or receptziclefand the working face of the resilient bodybeing covered by a fine meshcleaning-cloth which is adapted to confine the powder'in the pores except when preparing to polish by tapping the face of the'device against the surface which is to .becleaned and polished,

thereby discharging some of the powder, and making it possible for surplus powd'ertore enter the pores of the resilient" body. Another object' of the invention is toprovide cleaning and polishing means which comprises an open-mouth casing and a suitable polishing powder receptacle mounted in the casing, so that after the powder has been.

discharged by tapping the device against a surface, the surface may be cleaned and polished by the powder by rubbingthe work. ing face of the implement thereon, while at the same time the casing keeps the receptacle centered therein and substantially maintains its own shape. 1

These being among the objects of the pres ent invention, the same conslsts of 0611321111" features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter" descrlbed and then claimed, with reference to the accom panymg drawings lllustrating desirable em-- bodiments of the invention andin which:

Fig. '1 is a perspective view of the device,"

ahandle being shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2 is'a face View; i

Fig. 4 is a broken side device in use; i

Fig. 5-is a perspective view-of :a'modi-' fication in which the outer casing shown in the preceding figures is omitted."

Fig. 6 is a side elevation thereof, partly broken away; and

Fig. 7 is a face view'of a fragment of view showing the the device shownin Figs. 5'and 6, the clean-,

ing-cloth being omitted.

Vith reference to Figs. 1t0 4E inclusive, the improved cleaning and polishing implement comprises an outer cup 10 forming acas- One objecttof the inven- Big. 3 isa diametrical section of Fig. 2;

ing in which is located aninner cup 11,

the cup ll-preferably being nested in the casing 10 so that the rims or mouths of;

the two said parts lie in, or, substantially in, the same plane. Preferably the outerand inner cups are of resilient material, such.

as rubber for example, but yet are stifi enough to practically maintain their original shapes. Held within thei'nner cupor receptacle 11 is a resilient body 12 which is composed of some such porous resilient material as sponge sofas to constitute a pad confined by the cup 11.

The porous resilient body 12 forms a powder container, the pores of which are adapted to receive charges 13 of dry cleaning and polishing powder.

vided with annulargrooves17, 18, to receive the cloth 14 where it is held by bands 15, 16 and to secure the cloth properly.

The described cleaning implement may be provided with a suitable handle 19, indi catedin dotted lines, which may be held at its inner end in a socket 220 at the back of the outer cup or casing 10, so that all'poi'nts of'the outer surface of a window, for example, may be rendered accessible to the cleaning. and polishing instrumentalities. In preparing to use the implement the operator grasps the handle 19, or, ifsuch handle is notprovided, grasps theback portion of the outer cup or casing 10 and taps the cloth face of the implement against the window. mirror or the like which is to be cleaned and polished. A number of taps may be necessary, and the tapping will result in a dischage of powder, from the container provided by the porous resilient body 12, through that portion of the cleaning-cloth which extends over theinner cup 11.. A rubbing motion is then imparted to the ini- The powder may be of any'composition suitable-for dry comprising a body of resilient porous 1naterial charged With dry polishing powder, a cup of resilient material containing said body of resilient porous material and substantially filled thereby, and a fine mesh cloth secured over the mouth of said cup and engagin said body of resilient porous material to liold it in the cup while permitting said drypolishing powder to pass therethrough when the implement is tapped against the surface to be cleaned and then to be used for cleaning when a rubbing motion is imparted to the implement.

7. A cleaning and polishing implement, comprising two cups nested together, porous cloth over the mouths of the cups, and secured to each cup separately, the inner cup being thereby held loosely in the outer cup, and a body of resilient material in the inner cup and having pores adapted to be 20 charged with polishing powder.

SIDQNIE H. KIRSCH. 

